Thinking Shrewdly 2025 – Regional Events

  • Edmonton – Mount Carmel Bible College – Saturday April 5th
  • Waterloo – Lincoln Road Chapel – Saturday April 12th
  • Toronto – Don Valley Bible Chapel – Saturday April 26th
  • Montreal – Westview Bible Church – Saturday May 3rd
  • Halifax – Grace Chapel – Saturday May 10th
  • Vancouver – Granville Chapel – Saturday June 7th
A VMC gathering of church leaders and influencers to explore the reproducing, nurturing, and connecting implications of ‘church as family’

Among all the New Testament images for church, family is as prevalent as any. Given the Apostle Paul’s fondness of this image, Robert Banks says, “the comparison of the Christian community to the family must be regarded as the most significant metaphorical usage of all.”

In the words of the 70’s girl group, Sister Sledge, “We are Family!”

Family is where new life is conceived, nurtured to maturity, and where love binds us together. This spring, Vision Ministries is convening six regional, one day events across Canada to help pastors, planters, elders, ministry leaders, and influencers explore some of the implications of ‘church as family.’

Details for each regional event will be added as they are available.

TS2025 Edmonton – Saturday April 5 9:30 a.m. – 4:45 pm MDT
Mount Carmel Bible College, Edmonton
Admission $30 Registration deadline: March 31

Edmonton – click for more details and registration

TS2025 Waterloo – Saturday April 12 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm EST
Lincoln Road Chapel, Waterloo
Admission $30 Registration deadline: April 7

Waterloo – click for more details and registration

TS2025 Toronto – Saturday April 26 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm EST
Church in Toronto 671 Sheppard Ave E, Toronto
Admission $30 Registration deadline: April 21

Toronto – click for more details and registration

TS2025 Montreal – Saturday May 3 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 pm EST
Westview Bible Church
Admission $30 Registration deadline: April 28

Montreal – click for more details and registration (English)

Previous Events

Inter-Generational Diaspora Seminar
Opportunities & Challenges

Saturday, September 28, 2024 | The Church in Toronto
Co-hosted by the Canadian Bible Society and Vision Ministries Canada
Find out more here

Thinking Shrewdly – April 19-20, 2024

175 leaders from across Canada came TOGETHER in Waterloo, ON to explore and consider church multiplication, diaspora mission and nextGen leadership as shared priorities.

Thinking Shrewdly – April 28-30, 2023

A Fresh Imagination

60 young leaders from across Canada gathered together in Oakville, ON for a weekend of teaching, worship and conversation. Read more: TS2023: A Fresh Imagination (Recap & Photos)

IBCM8 Global Conference 2023

The IBCM (International Brethren Conference of Mission) conference took place June 19-24, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. People from over 155 countries will be there to worship and learn and be strengthened for ministry. Ramez Atallah, former president of the Egyptian Bible Society, will be the keynote speaker.

Tearfund Webinars 2022

Tearfund offered a series of Wednesday Webinars; conversations about issues impacting our world through a Jesus-centred lens.

You can watch the video replays of the five one-hour sessions here:

  1. First Nations, Culture and Reconciliation
  2. A Jesus Centered Response to Global Hunger
  3. The Impact of Disasters on the Poor
  4. Learning from our Neighbors in the Global South
  5. God’s call for Creation Care

Tearfund Canada is VMC’s global Relief & Development partner.